Tag: Nintendo

Developer: Quintet    Publisher: Nintendo    Released: September 1, 1994    Genre: Action RPG I really enjoyed Soul Blazer back when I played it in 1993. It had an interesting structure compared to the typical action RPGs of the time and was enjoyable...

Sometimes I miss the days when a game could come along and genuinely surprise me.  True, I could completely avoid all information on titles that I am even slightly interested in.  But with the insane amount of games released these...

Developer: Silicon Knights     Publisher: Nintendo     Released: June 24, 2002     Genre: Action As a Nintendo 64 owner until the very end I looked forward to Eternal Darkness almost as much as Zelda.  As one of the proposed last N64 games it...

Developer: Rare    Publisher: Nintendo    Release: 08/25/97   Genre: Fps Goldeneye 007 should not have been a success. There were a number of factors working against it. It was released in 1997, two years after the film hit theaters. It was...

Developer: Argonaut/Nintendo     Publisher: Nintendo     Released: 1993     Genre: Rail Shooter I’m not ashamed to admit that I scoffed at Star Fox initially.  In 1993 16-bit continued the stride started in 1992 with beautiful 2d games appearing...

The Super Nintendo launch brought a number of ground breaking titles.  Pilotwings was an excellent showcase of Mode 7 with its simulated 3d environment.  But F-Zero was the standout in my opinion.  It wasn’t the first futuristic racing game bu...

It really is amazing just how forgotten Kid Icarus has been.  Aside from its little known Gameboy sequel it took over twenty years for the series to receive a new title.  That level of dormancy is usually reserved for failed...

Metroid has always been a bit of an anomaly in Nintendo’s library.  Where I was used to bright and cheery worlds in Nintendo’s games Metroid stood in stark contrast with its sci-fi theme and terrifying titular enemies.  But that is...

Developer: NST     Publisher: Nintendo     Released: November 18, 2001     Genre: Racing In terms of sheer number of hours I have probably spent more time playing Wave Race 64 than the vast majority of games in my thirty seven years. Of course...